CITY SECTION FOOTBALL PLAYOFF ROUNDUP

By Ben Bolch

Nov. 16, 2001 12 AM PT

Fremont 42, Franklin 34--Sophomore Jelani Berry sacked Franklin quarterback Narciso Diaz just before time expired to preserve the victory for visiting Fremont. Franklin had driven 55 yards to the Fremont 24-yard line with six seconds left before Berry dropped Diaz for a seven-yard loss.

Franklin (7-3) took a 34-28 lead late in the third quarter on a 20-yard touchdown pass from Diaz to Adam Viola, but Fremont (8-2) rallied with two fourth-quarter touchdowns. Pathfinder quarterback Abe Escobar connected with Mark Bradford on a 15-yard touchdown pass to give Fremont a 35-34 lead, and Milvon James ran for a 17-yard touchdown with 1:13 left to make it 42-34. Bradford caught eight passes for 107 yards and two touchdowns, while James ran for 109 yards and two touchdowns in 19 carries.

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

CITY SECTION FOOTBALL PLAYOFF ROUNDUP

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